Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine November 2020

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• Go to Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing: https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/ • Scroll down on the left to HVAC/R

License Running Late??? More than a few folks are wondering why they have not received their license when they know they sent in their renewal and payment. Well, it seems that the mail is at least in part to blame. Why? Who knows. T hey don’t call it

snail mail for nothing. I checked with the Department of Labor and Licensing who confirmed one dealer’s experience. He mailed his renewal,

• Click on HVACR Individual Renewal • Enter your license number and type of license; i.e., “A”, “B”, “C”, “D”, “E”.

with payment, stamped by USPS on September 15. It arrived and was stamped as received by the Licensing Program on October 15. Man! That 197 mile trip which you can accomplish in 2 hours 58 minutes according to Google Maps took a heck of a lot longer than one would normally expect. Not sure what is going on with the Post Office but this is not normal. Now that we know the problem, we can adjust. Here’s how— ✓ Send in your renewal two months early instead of waiting or ✓ Renew on line.

• Click Continue • Follow the instructions

❖ If you get a “ Failure ” notice after you enter your License # and Type, it may mean that your renewal and payment has been received and is in the mail back to you. Thus, it does not show up in the need to renew list.

The easiest, surefire method is to renew on line. Here’s how: